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Recognised as Colour

#A04ECD

  • #A04ECD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A04ECD is a violet with RGB values 160, 78, 205 and HSL 279°, 56%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A04ECD#A04ECD
HEX#A04ECD
RGBrgb(160, 78, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.3059, 0.8039
RGB percentages62.7%, 30.6%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(278.7, 55.9%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.7, 62%, 80.4%)
CMYK22%, 62%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,505,933
CSS custom property--colour: #A04ECD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.7:1
Contrast with white4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#5FB132

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1770D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4375CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9B6686no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8Dark orchid · ΔE 14.1Medium purple · ΔE 19.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.5Slate blue · ΔE 19.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7BCD4E
Analogous#614ECD, #CD4EBA
Triadic#CDA04E, #4ECDA0
Split complementary#BBCD4E, #4ECD61
Tetradic#CD614E, #7BCD4E, #4EBACD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5EDFA
Lighter +30%#E0C5EF
Lighter +20%#CB9EE3
Lighter +10%#B576D8
Darker −10%#8733B5
Darker −20%#69288D
Darker −30%#4C1D65
Darker −40%#2E113E
More saturated +25%#A832E9
Less saturated −25%#986AB1

Channel breakdown

R160
G78
B205
Red160 (62.7%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue278.74°
Saturation (HSL)55.95%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 4E · B CD

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